Bodybuilder Reacts - Dalai Lama - Rammstein

[@tosa2522]

I like Till's storytelling. He completely immerses the listener in his stories. Yes, the Dalai Lama is afraid of flying. That's the only reason the song has this title. I have picked out a translation of the poem "Erlkönig" for you that served Till as a inspiration for his poetry. Who rides so late through the night and wind? It is the father with his child. He has the boy in his arms; he holds him safely, he keeps him warm. ‘My son, why do you hide your face in fear?’ ‘Father, can you not see the Erlking? The Erlking with his crown and tail?’ ‘My son, it is a streak of mist.’ ‘Sweet child, come with me. I’ll play wonderful games with you. Many a pretty flower grows on the shore; my mother has many a golden robe.’ ‘Father, father, do you not hear what the Erlking softly promises me?’ ‘Calm, be calm, my child: the wind is rustling in the withered leaves.’ ‘Won’t you come with me, my fine lad? My daughters shall wait upon you; my daughters lead the nightly dance, and will rock you, and dance, and sing you to sleep.’ ‘Father, father, can you not see Erlking’s daughters there in the darkness?’ ‘My son, my son, I can see clearly: it is the old grey willows gleaming.’ ‘I love you, your fair form allures me, and if you don’t come willingly, I’ll use force.’ ‘Father, father, now he’s seizing me! The Erlking has hurt me!’ The father shudders, he rides swiftly, he holds the moaning child in his arms; with one last effort he reaches home; the child lay dead in his arms. [Translation by Richard Wigmore] This poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was compulsory school material in my day. We had to learn it by heart and analyze it. Another fun fact about Rammstein. The band member Flake is also afraid of flying. Which became a problem when Rammstein could only reach their venues by plane. While the other band members were able to sleep during the flight, he arrived completely unrested. He developed the quirk of packing a piece of debris from a crashed plane in his hand luggage, because he told himself that no plane had ever crashed twice.

[@huba3885]

yeah we had to learn that too

[@JakobFischer60]

The story is well known by every German. It is a version of the famous Erlkönig, the alder king from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. A poem we all need to learn by heart at school. In the alder king, the father is riding a hors but the child dies anyway.

[@tosa2522]

9:09 By "the little ear" is meant the child who is the only one who hears the voices of the "cloud driver".

[@michaelfinck7487]

Dalai Lama is an adaptation of "der Erlkönig," a poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1782 and subsequently set to music by many composers, including Franz Schubert in 1815. The band apparently considered calling the song "Erlkönig" in homage to Goethe's poem. "Flugangst" ("fear of flying", literally "flight-fright") was also considered as a name before Rammstein settled on "Dalai Lama" in reference to the current Dalai Lama's well-publicised dislike of air travel. The song replaces Goethe's travelling man and child on horseback with a man and child on an aircraft, and the Erlkönig himself with the "king of all the winds." As in the poem, the travelers are menaced by a mysterious spirit which "invites" the child to join him (though only the child can hear the spirit's invitation). Rammstein's version differs markedly from Goethe's original in describing the fate of the child. In the poem, the child cries out that the Erlkönig is abducting it. The alarmed father rides for help, holding the child in his arms, only to find that his son is dead; Rammstein replaces this with a typically morbid twist: after running into a storm sent by the "king of all the winds" which threatens all the passengers, the terrified father suffocates the child by holding him too tightly and the child's soul joins its "brothers" in the winds.

[@Damalatorian]

Not that well known in different poems but I see now that the thing I thought they took the inspiration from (a specific episode from M.A.S.H when a woman suffocated a chicken by holding it to close and later turned out that the ptsd of the man telling the story changed his memory of a kid to a chicken to cope with it) clearly took the inspiration from Goethe. The more you know. :) Thx

[@DD-je8rc]

Ok others explained all, but i just want to say that i like your way of thinking. :D Logical and puting 1 and 1 together from what you know. That's the point of a REACTION. Good job.

[@spring_in_paris]

Hi you. Love the song. Nice and heavy. A little background information. The song/ part of the lyrics is based on the poem "Erlkönig" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The reason why they called it "Dalai Lama" is because the current Dalai Lama is also known that he has flight anxiety. With love from Germany 🤘 😎

[@nobodynemoq]

I really liked your interpretation, good work! Instead of googling for explanation, you figured out the most logical one. I'm truly impressed! 😎 And the song itself is amazing, one of my favourite!

[@Adi-kf6bq]

9:00 "from the clouds drops a choir" with this they mean rain. All the drops together become a choir

[@carfate]

I just listened to this on my flight home

[@Keupi1974]

One of the best song from Rammstein imho.

[@jenniferstromsoe4924]

I agree with you. I admire your sensitivity. Thank you.

[@DevotioOfficial]

“From The Clouds drops a choir, which falls into the little ear.” That to me, means the supernatural voice of the "Cloud Driver" summoning the child, but only the child can hear it.

[@peekaboosue]

How Till gets some of his ideas/lyrics: "Some of the Tills lyrics are inspired by classical German literature. Poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe." Goethe's famous ballad Erlkönig, for ex. translated: Who rides so late through the night and the wind? It is the father with his child. He holds the boy safely in his arms; he holds him tight, he keeps him warm. The mood and rhythm of Goethe's poem are echoed in Rammstein's "Dalai Lama": An airplane lies in the evening wind On board is a man with a child They sit safely, sit warm And are lulled into falling asleep In Goethe's poem, a ghostly apparition, the King of the Elves, whispers seductively to the child and seeks to abduct him into his realm. At the end of the ballad, the son dies in the arms of his father on horseback. In the song "Dalai Lama" the"King of the Winds" aims to claim the boy,who finally dies in his father's arms, held too tightly in anticipation of an airplane crash.

[@hellemarc4767]

It's inspired by Goethe's "Erlenkönig", of which there are English translations, too. Look it up ! They said they called it "Dalai Lama because of his fear of flying.

[@MrsJHarrington]

Till Lindemann, definitely a master storyteller, this is yet another one of Till's soul piercing songs for sure. I really enjoyed this one bro, very intense and interesting, love the channel!

[@NagaStoleMy]

Dalai Lama lived in fear of flying which means he cold never experience flying. The song talks about fear holding you hostage from living a full life like the father who out of fear kills his kid thinking he will protect him by not letting go. That is also why they sing you must live until you die otherwise fear will prevent you from living.

[@PhantomPP]

The thing with Rammstein is: Once you think you understand them: You're wrong or at least you haven't got it all right. Still I thank you, because you showed me a lot of different angles toward my interpretations. Thanks!

[@joanieburchinshaw1858]

I've read somewhere that the Dalai Lama has fear of flying so I think thats why this song is named after that

[@Peter_Cetera]

Goosebumbs!

[@barbaramorcinczyk7169]

Love your reactions 🤟❤️

[@user-ti2ko7ex3h]

One of the best reaction for Dalai Lama Song!! Like this. 👍👍👍

[@jorgerobles8475]

RAMMSTEIN lyrics have magic with surprise endings!

[@jasonjessicaforlife]

You're on a rammstein tear

[@OneLifeIsNotEnough-d9p]

Its Art. So wonderful and haunting. Tyvm of your reaction. 😪

[@Hofmeister77]

Dalai Lama is / was affraid of flying. Hence the title of the song

[@Cyrano1202]

The bad and the good thing with Rammstein texts is that there is not one single true and right interpretation. The ambiguity, the play on words (in German), the references to other lyrics and poems (here the "Erlkönig" of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) and the actual context of the time when the song was made make it often difficult to understand what's going on. "Dalai Lama" was written in 2005 and so even a reference to the World Trade Center attacks in 2001 seems possible. Great reaction as usual though. Thanks for your exciting Rammstein journey!

[@mentaldebris7206]

The Dalai Lama himself was afraid of flying, i think thats why the song is named "Dalai Lama"

[@ichiwo1526]

I might be late on this one. But here is my opinion on the song, or rather, my interpretation on it, to some degree. Of course, other than the fact that this song is another version of a famous poem written by von Goethe, or the name "Daila Lama" which was just a shout-out to the Daila Lama and his fear of flying. In this song the idea is that the "King of all the winds" (God? Hence the Lord of Heavens that was mentioned), said it's time for the child to 'die'/depart from the world, hence it must be brought to Him "bring me this human child". "His Sons" then shake things up(Wind, weather etc) to bring the child to Him. The part where they sing, "From the clouds drops a choir, crawls into the little ear" this is obviously those "sons" of the "wind"(Angels if you want?) that's singing to the boy "Come here, stay here, we are good to you. Come here, stay here, we are brothers to you" (We're all brothers in Christ yes?) . The boy is the only one that can hear it, the Father in an attempt to "prevent" his son's death, thinking that the plane will crash, then ends up crushing his son to death by holding him to firmly, and his son dies anyway. I always took it to mean, "if it's your time, it's your time". There is literally nothing you can do to stop your death once the Lord deems that it's time for you to go. They also sing something similar when they sing: "Weiter, weiter ins verderben, wir müssen leben bis wir sterben" Eng "Further further into ruin, we must live until we die". Until the day we die, that's literally all we can do, is just to live. I've always lived by that very simple unchanging fact, "if it's your time, it's your time". Which is perhaps one of the main reasons why I'm so confused at how willing people today are to give up their God given rights, freedoms and lives just to live a little while longer in this "pandemic". No amount of jabs, masks, or anything will prevent you from departing this world when it's your time. It's literally all in the hands of the Lord. You can slip and fall in a shower then die if it's your time, or you can get shot through the head and live if it's not your time. How many more liberties will people be willing to give up to prevent something that literally only God is the Master of?

[@2l841]

In German we have one and the same word for sky and heaven (Himmel). So in the translation for subtitles it got confused. Rammstein do not mean the Christian God (heaven) but some spirit of nature (sky). Please check the other comments regarding the "Erlkönig".

[@ralftolosa]

wow, what a song with regards from Goethes "Der Erlkönig".

[@kille4071]

thats so like german fairy tails

[@thierrylarmee9995]

good réact ! you need to understand the song . GO to see a réact to "Magne réacts" dalai lama. He help you to understand this song very well . till is inspired about a poeme about Goethe ; and the Dalai lama don't like to go on plane , so , Till name the song dalai lama . SORRY i can't help you much because i don't speak english very well . Kiss from France . Corinne ; 😁🤘👍

[@andy.mwinner2378]

take this song by vour next Flight ...with Speaker on....lol

[@robertbretschneider765]

Interesting tragic song. I wasnt prepared for that dark turn though. Goethe, the author of the base material, erlkönig, where a mythical king takes the childs life on its way to a doctor on horseback with its father, is also the author of Faust, where a pact with the devil is celebrated. Not the best source in the eyes of christians to talk about gods nature. Which is loving.

[@eugenelitvinov172]

It has nothing to do with dalai lama it’s an adjusted wersion of german fairytale Forest King

[@BernhardHeiming-pw8xj]

🤝👍🇩🇪🤝🙏🙏🙏

[@Funkywallot]

As a German I dont think the translation was succesful - To say the least. Its done with the intent to be correct word by word, but there is no coherent flow or after thought for what the story actually trying to tell. Not good at all.

[@มีนาสีสวรรค์]

For germany thinking peoples is this a ... Useless corny reaction ! Why ? The most pupils in Germany have to read "Der Erlenkönig" von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . And this story is always in the "Back-thinking" for them , if they listen this Songtext. So you must study a little bit Goethe , if you really want know the intention of the songtext writer . This song want be something as ... the Germans call it : "Kunstgriff" .